4 d. ago Doting dad didn't get to see men who ruined his son's life face justice

The youngster now requires "around-the-clock care".

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5 d. ago Extreme online violence may be linked to rise of ‘0 to 100’ killers, experts say

Criminal justice specialists call for new approach to identify emerging type of murderer with no prior convictionsThe rise of “0 to 100” killers who go from watching torture, mutilation and beheading videos in their bedrooms to committing murder suggests there could be a link between extreme violence online and in real life, experts have said.Criminal justice experts advocated a new approach, inspired by counter-terrorism, to identify an emerging type of murderer with no prior convictions, after cases such as Nicholas Prosper, who killed his mother and siblings and planned a primary school massacre. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Neighbour ruined sale of £3.85m home, claims England cricket legend’s son in bitter court battle

Jeremy Cowdrey says the actions of his neighbour, who lives in a barn conversion nearby, repeatedly undermined his efforts to sell his home

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8 d. ago Cricket legend Colin Cowdrey's son sues neighbour for £350,000 saying she ruined sale of his £3.85m home by embarking on campaign of lies after row over his tennis court

Film producer Jeremy Cowdrey, 64, whose father captained England, first fell out with his neighbour Vanessa Gibson over claims his tennis court trespassed onto her land.

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8 d. ago Cricket legend Colin Cowdrey's son sues neighbour for £350,000 saying she ruined sale of his £3.85m home

Film producer Jeremy Cowdrey, 64, whose dad captained England, first fell out with his neighbour Vanessa Gibson over claims his tennis court trespassed onto her land.

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8 d. ago Son of England cricket legend in fight with neighbour he claims ruined £3.85m sale of home

Jeremy Cowdrey says the actions of his neighbour, who lives in a barn conversion nearby, repeatedly undermined his efforts to sell his home

Economics

1 week ago The week in audio: Facing the Music; Tara and George: Last Rights; Why Is Amy in the Bath? and more – review

The lives of Beethoven, Haydn and co enthral; Audrey Gillan updates her award-winning rough sleepers series. Plus, a choir of cicadas and bathtime fun with Amy Adams Facing the Music Radio 3/BBC SoundsTara and George: Last Rights Radio 4/BBC Sounds)Why Is Amy in the Bath? Grab Bag Collab & Because It’s True ProductionsBetween the Ears: A Symphony of Cicadas Radio 3/BBC Sounds“It’s almost midnight,” purrs Dominic West, all honey and velvet, straight after we hear the famously doomy, four-note opening to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. The wild-eyed composer is in a cart, West tells us energetically, his latest piano sonata getting ruined by the rain, after throwing some coins at the driver and growling his preferred destination. West relishes every syllable of it: “Vi-ennnn-a!” Continue reading...

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